Pessary



Dr. Benjamin Atkinsons Expanbing b6 Uontraciing C PE S BAR? (4484 E ED FEB 181868 Witnesses I .Tnrent'br Letters Patent No. 74,482,' dated February 18, 1868;

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T0 ALL-WHOM. IT MAY CONCERN: I i v p Be it known that I, Bhmsu'm A'rxmsonf, M. D., oi the city of Davenport, in the couhty'of Scott, and

State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Expanding and Contracting Pessaryi andiIdo hereby declare that the following is 'a full clear, and exact1desc rip.tidn thereof, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur. I

To .enabie others skilled in the art to construct and'use my invention, I will proceed to describe it. The use of this surgical .instrumentis to introduce into the vagina for supporting the uterus, Figure 1 is an isometrical view, shown'op'en' wide. I I Figure. 2 is a Front view, shown closed. Figure 3 is a side view, shown closed.

a is the handle. 6 is the; screw, secured to the handle and worlcing into the en'dsof arms c. d is-a, swivel" I attaching screw 6 with lever e, f shows where lever e is attached to hinge of lips g. 1. i-g -e hinges that secure arms c c with lips g g. j is ,the continuation oflev er e, to the end of which is secured aplate, E, and:to this plate are attached fourruhbervsupporters orattachments, as shown atl I. Now, b'yturning'the-handled-right;-v

hand direction, causes the lips-gm separate or open, andgive it a left-hand motion causes the lips'g' to close;

and thus, hf means of the screw b, the lips g canbelheld in any desired position.

What I claim as new, is- I p A pestary, consistingof the hinged leaves g, arms c, with the stem e attached to theleaves g lay the rubber strip l, and operated by the screw-stem b, all constructed and arranged substantiallyas described. I

" BENJAMIN ATKINSON, M. D.

Witnesses: l

W. L. CARROLL,

J. M. Dumsns. 

